"america this morning." >> get news later on "go >> moments away, if breaking news, a double shooting outside a club in prince george's county. we will have the latest. good morning washington begins right now. >> live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> good thursday morning. i am doug mcelway. >> i am pamela brown and for alison starling. fog this morning. we will check with lisa baden in a moment. first, brian van de graaff. >> if there is a dense fog advisory for a good portion of the. . that's until 9:00 a.m. and after that we will have a chance of an isolated shower or. we are nearly 50 degrees this

morning. visibility is less a quarter mile in the foggy spots. today's forecast, a fall this morning. sunshine and clouds later. highs today near 72. let's take a look at traffic with lisa baden. >> we just heard about a crash if you're heading into chevrolet. it is southbound on the parkway near 202. several cars involved. dangerous fault of their-- fog. 95 between richmond and baltimore, no problems. 270, 66, the dallas green lake, and the dulles toll road, no problems. >> we begin with breaking news from prince george's county. two sheriff's deputies were involved in a shooting at a nightclub. details are scarce.

it happened at brinkley rd. in temple hillel. and there's no word on the number of victims or what led to the shooting. we have a crew on the lake. >> a popular d.c. principal will be laid to rest a week after he was murdered in his own home. brian betts was loved by his students and co-workers. bien carter has some of the emotional tributes and the latest on the investigation. >> words like irreplaceable put on the outside of the door at the school. yesterday the students went to a public memorial for the principle. today there is a private funeral service. police continue looking for a suspect. a week after this tragic death, the beloved shaul middle school principal will be laid to rest. he motivated and inspired his

students more than any other educators could. students and faculty are still in shock, wondering why anyone would want to hurt the teacher. >> why you would take such a good person's life post it does not make sense. >> he was found in his silver spring home last thursday. two days later police discovered his suv in southeast washington. they continue to search for suspects. those who knew him are searching for comfort to heal their heavy hearts. >> [unintelligible] >> the funeral services are later today and the uprighted. but there will be republican service on may 1. brianne waterboarding. >> now the latest on the explosion of louisiana coast. there's no sign of 11 people missing since tuesday's explosion. the coast guard spent the night

conducting the ground and air search. seventeen people were injured. four critically. a bill to carrying 100 survivors reached the louisiana shore a short time ago. >-- a boat. >> some scandinavian airports are closed, but the airspace over most of europe is open again. airline officials are questioning the government's response. they estimate the losses will top $2 billion from zero weeks of limited service. many stranded passengers are believed to be leaving dulles airport after days of cancellations. flights are headed to and from your again. >> how many people? >> we will get there now. it's great. it's wonderful. >> the volcanic eruption in iceland canceled more than 100,000 flights worldwide.

>> metrobus as it is working hard to make safety improvements. it was in a hot seat at a hearing on capitol hill yesterday. the federal transit administration told lawmakers and audit of metro and its oversight committee found major communication and management problems. the general managers said the transit agency is working to implement the recommendations of the audit. metro is set to unveil a new budget that raises fears that makes your service cuts. fares would go up significantly during peak hours. passengers traveling during the busy times will pay a 10 cent surcharge. bus fares and parking fees will rise as well. metrorail with shutdown at 2:00 a.m. on the weekends. >> a federal air marshal from our area has been fired after being charged with rape. 30-year-old lecheton settles of herndon was arrested near seattle.

charging documents say that he answered and escorts at offering a massage and a share for $180. the rate, and at gunpoint after showing his dad. the tsa said the man has been with the agency less than a year. investigators are trying to find a pair of armed robbers. they robbed iliads sports bar on u street. the video shows a struggle between the manager and the men. they escaped with some cash. anyone with information is asked to call d.c. police. still ahead, a financial reform fight moves from wall street -- i should say from washington to wall street. >> also, how the metro area is marking the 40th anniversary of the first birthday. >> early fall -- fog gives way to warmer temperatures. >> early fall -- fog gives way to warmer temperatures.

>> is a morning, 5:09 a.m. it is earth day. there will be a dedication in

roslyn across the street from our station. i guess you could call it an urban concrete jungle. there's going to be a garden in urban plazas. the old orleans house was knocked down a couple years ago in preparation for new construction. that is put on hold. if in order to benefit the area, they're building a rain garden. that's important because it absorbs a lot of runoff from the rain. that decreases the total one off and pollution thereafter from a specially heavy rain storms. by now we are in the 40's. sticcthere is a dense fog advisy for most of our region until 10:00 a.m. clearing a today with a lot of sunshine and the been isolated thunderstorm this afternoon, high temperatures bown 72. -- around 72. >> it is dangerous this morning.

in the beltway it will be slow. on the baltimore washington parkway there's a crash southbound near-record 202. one lane to the right is open. will it is available is 50 of maryland into a chevrolet. kenilworth avenue on matawan. -- on route 1. "you're looking at traffic on the beltway at colesville road. headlights are the toluca. >-- outer loop. >> at 11:00, george washington university pose the most green space will open on g street between 21st and 22nd streets. there's a rally against commercial drilling that will take place on the national mall. at 2:00 p.m. arraign garden will open just across from the

rosslyn metro. >> 50 degrees in roslyn. >> coming up, facebook makes sharing even easier. but it brings up new privacy issues, and programme. >> making the case for financial issues, and programme. >> making the case for financial reform,

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goodbye to a person they say motivated and inspired them. he was shot to death in his silver spring home last week. police continue to search for his killers. people who care for severely wounded veterans may soon get help from the federal government. the house has passed a bill to provide $1.7 billion in benefits for caregivers who for zero jobs and health insurance to help loved ones. it goes to the senate. kwai and lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the state to ignore repeated requests for president obama's birth certificate. people are saying that he was not born in the u.s. and is eligible to be president. mr. obama has released his birth certificate proving that is a natural born citizen. >> if today president obama kids to new york city. the delivered remarks blocks from all street, making his case for more government oversight of big banks.

>> president obama traveled to thnew york where he will deliver remarks on what is at stake if we don't reform the financial industry. he will urge those on wall street to join him rather than fight him. he wants a reform bill to protect consumers and brings transparency to the derivatives market. democratic leaders in the senate say they are close to a deal to pass the president's reform plan with key republicans in agreement. >> we are more optimistic than ever. >> senator grassley was the first republican to back part of the plan. voting for new regulations on derivatives, which is bets on whether an industry will succeed or fail, which some say was responsible for the financial meltdown. >> i think this bill is potentially the beginning of us being able to function in an

appropriate way in this body. >> not all republicans are on board. some question whether the sec probe of goldman sachs was timed to help boost the president bush for financial or from. -- financial reform. >> time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. let's begin with lisa baden. there is thick fog. >> very dangerous. it was a long ride for me to get to work. my co-workers say it was about the same for them. brian and adam are going to tell you when the fog will leave the area. not any time soon. let's see the 495 side of the beltway at river road. no problems. looks like traffic is okay through the fog. driving onto the 95 and 66, no

accidents. good out of southern maryland. if there's a multicar crash on the baltimore washington parkway southbound at 202, but traffic is getting through. back to brian van de graaff. >> temperatures are near 50. we have kids a lot of fog this morning. -- hit a lot. visibility is limited. when it burns off we will see sunshine. it should be pretty good day with temperatures in the low 70's. a week frontal system will bring the potential for an isolated local storm. there is a dense fog advisory for the entire area until 9:00. that could be extended for an hour. we will look for sunshine, mild temperatures, and isolated thundershowers this afternoon. hai today around 72.

a big difference from yesterday. through the next couple days we will see comfortable temperatures tonight near 50. tomorrow, near 70 with no chance of rain. the weekend brings isolated showers saturday. heavier showers and thunderstorms on sunday. that lingering into the first half of next week. >> thank you. facebook makes sharing with friends even easier. a popular virus scan runs amok on windows. jeremy hubbard has those stories and more. >> in "tech bytes" facebook is looking to make the web more social. it introduced new tools on wednesday. the most noticeable change will be hundreds of millions of buttons on sites all over the internet. when a user clicks on the button, all of their facebook friends can see what they like. >> it is going after tarullo. -- twitter.

you can click this little light button -- like button. >> facebook hopes websites will be able to offer more personalized content by this matter. baseball fans will soon be able to follow their favorites on playstation 3. sony will broadcast live streaming games on the video game consoles. you will be able to subscribe to major league baseball television by the end of the week but you can only watch out of market games. the hometown teams will be blacked out. a glitch in mcafee anti virus software caused it to identify normal windows files as a virus. thousands of people posted complaints on-line. the company says it has posted an update for downloads. finally, martha stewart has a recipe to tackle video games.

the company has announced a deal with a video game publisher to develop and produce interactive games based on her cooking, cleaning, and crafts. women make up 40% of the gaming market, but very few titles are geared toward them until now. for information on these stories, log on to the technology page of abcnews.com. i'm jeremy hubbard. >> its thursday morning, 50 degrees. >> coming up next -- >> ovechkin scores. >> on fire these days. the washington capitals returning home with a commanding lead. highlights from last night's big winner in coming up. >> and today on "oprah," a mother swap leads to a major conservation intervention. that's at 4 logon abc 7.

>> that is a picture of interstate 270, an indication of thick fog that's in lots of parts of town. take it easy. traffic and weather every 10 minutes. let's go to tim brant for the sports report. >> what a night in montreal? washington got a 6-3 win. for the first time in a decade to the capitals were up three games to one in the series.

watch this. 1-0, washington. in the second period, they were short-handed, down two-tied at two. the critical third. still tied at two in fourth. alex ovechkin. how do you stop this? ovechkin had two goals. they've been at 6-3. three games to one. >> the big message is that it's not over. we cannot start looking at what's happening in other series and taking games lightly, the team we are going to win, because i know some players on that team have a lot of pride. >> game 5 is tomorrow night in a phone booth. >> this year the nfl draft moves to prime time. at the big apple. the fourth overall selection.

only four picks total, accused of any team. if the skins don't trade down in exchange for more, they are expected to "draft quarterback sam bradford. or one of two offensive linemen. we shall see. it's 5:26. 50 degrees in roslyn. >> still ahead, an update on breaking news, and overnight shooting. and a week after his tragic death, in shaw middle school principal will be laid to rest. we will have the story coming up. >> in the weather center, it's about the fog this morning. visibility is very limited, but su

>> live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> i don't know if there's an answer why you would take such a good person's life. it does not make sense. >> a community grieve the loss of a dedicated educator while police look for a break in the case. good morning, washington. it's thursday, april 22. i am pamela brown in for alison starling. >> i am doug mcelway. more on that story in a moment, but first to check on traffic and weather. one characteristic this morning is fog. >> it really slows you down. it slowed me down. visibility is limited. temperatures this morning, upper 40's. on target for this time of year. 50 degrees downtown, 48 in

silver spring. the air is saturated. fog advisory for the entire metro region until 9:00, then we will get a fair amount of sunshine. highs in the low 70's. an isolated storms cannot be ruled out. things seem to be warming up on the roads? >> yes, a couple accidents on the maryland side. first, in virginia, no accidents. normal volume out of southern maryland. roweled 4 and route 5 trudging through the fog. the baltimore washington parkway wreck on 202, police on the scene, traffic is able to get through. i-270 south near 109 there is a wreck after 80, causing the becca. 66 at 95, no delays.

not many cameras available to us because of the fog. i-495 at university blvd. on that shot. >> we are following breaking news from temple hillel. two prince george's county sheriff's dipodies were involved in an overnight shooting at a nightclub. details are scarce. police still as it happens at club believed on brinkley rd.. there's no word of the number of victims of what led to the shooting. -- club elite. >> brian betts will be laid to rest today nearly a week after he was murdered inside his home. last night the shaw middle school community said goodbye at a viewing in manassas. brianne carter is live in northwest with some of these emotional tributes. >> good morning. some of the notices about their principal still remain on the door at the school. words like irreplaceable.

the community came together and reviewing last night in manassas. students and faculty are still in shock over the death of brian betts. many say that he was a very special educators that motivated and inspired his students. some say more than any other teacher could. for more than any principle. students and faculty wonder why anyone would want to hurt the 42-year-old. authorities say he was found in his silver spring home last thursday. two days later police discovered the suv in southeast washington. police are continuing their investigation as they search for motive and the suspect. those that knew him are trying to comfort their heavy hearts. >> he did not hurt anyone. he was a great person. >> there will be a public memorial service today. private funeral service will be held today. the public memorial is may 1 in

bethesda. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> now to the latest on the oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico. there's no sign of 11 people missing since the blast that happened at the deepwater horizon rig off the louisiana coast. if the coast guard's been denied conducting air and ground searches for missing workers. 17 people injured, four critically. family members are holding out hope that the missing people will be found safe and sound. >> concern, upset, worried, every emotion. other than joy. >> a boat carrying 100 survivors reached the louisiana shore a short time ago. >> the volcano in iceland is causing more problems for airlines this morning. a new cloud of ash has closed a scandinavian airports, but the

airspace over most of europe is open. they expect nearly 22,000 flights over europe today. airlines in europe say their losses over the past week topped $2 billion. >> president obama is taking his fight for financial reform directly to the heart of wall street. the president will go to new york to encourage lawmakers to pass a financial reform bill and encourage wall street to join him in the efforts instead of fighting him. senate democrats say they're closer to a bipartisan agreement on the issue. senate republicans are promising to give fair treatment to president obama's next supreme court nominee, however, they say the president should not nominate someone who would enter the court with preconceived outcomes. a bipartisan group met with the president yesterday to talk about it. >> the search is on for another

bishop to celebrate a special mass on saturday at the national shrine of the immaculate conception. advocate for victims of sexual abuse projected to a retired cardinal. in 2001 he wrote a letter congratulating a bishop for shielding a priest convicted. parents say a teacher's aide a salted they're medically disabled son at oxon hill middle school. the school system says the principle is on indefinite personal leave. >> investigators need help finding a pair of armed robbers caught on camera holding up the d.c. bar. if the suspects robbed the sports bar on q street monday afternoon. the video shows a struggle between the manager and one of the suspects. the manager was not hurt. if ththe robbers escaped with some cash.

even more video has surfaced from the night to the university of maryland student was beaten in college park. this footage from the university of maryland video system was taken at the exact time and location where jack mckenna was beaten earlier this month. it was found just as abc 7 news was reporting that it was missing. school officials said the fact that it was missing was a simple mistake, but they avesta maryland state police to look into the video posted its appearance. >> still ahead, metro is asking you how to fill the budget gap. we will learn today if they are listening. >> today is earth day. we will show you some never before seen pictures of the sun. >> another check on traffic and weather every 10 minutes. very foggy outside, making things dangerous on your way

>> i am with the national zoo. she was not feeling well, but we got her feeling better. we will bring her out when she's ready for visitors. come on down and visit. good morning, washington. >> looked at these unbelievable pictures. nasa has just released these pictures of the sun. they were taken by a new

satellite designed to pick up disruptive solar storms. scientists are already learning a lot of new things, thanks to the new images. they have not elaborated on what they're learning. fascinating. amazing. >> that is. adam caskey is going to tell us whether we will see the son today. >> we will. did you see the picture of that injection -- ejection? >> yes, it's cool. >> the residents fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. expect that the rush hour or maybe through lunchtime in some places. it's 51 degrees in roslyn. mid 40's elsewhere. 45 in rockersville. 50 in landover and rustam -- reston. scattered clouds today and may

be an isolated thunderstorm later this afternoon south and southwest of the metro area with highs in the low 70's. wilson street across the street from the metro station we are unveiling the new rosslyn urban plaza across from roslyn metro, a rain garden. that's a big depression in the ground filled with soil and made of plants which will also run off and water from rain events, which will decrease the run off into the waterways and tributaries from the potomac and decrease the pollution. there's a big earth day event going on. now to lisa baden and the fog. >> 270 southbound -- is a the beltway traffic at university blvd..

traffic is moving ok at the inner loop, that is away from us on the right side. headlights on the outer loop side are behaving. in maryland, there was a crash on south 270. this is near 109, moved on to the media right now. lanes are open. delays are before 80. on the baltimore parkway there was a crash on 202, but traffic is getting by to the right. pretty busy. >> 5:42 is the time, 49 degrees on this thursday. >> do you really need -- there's a play at the plate you need to see to believe. and there's

>> we have more on the breaking news from pebble hills. a fight outside a club ended up in gunfire.

it happened at a parking lot of club elite on brinkley road in temple hill. one man got out of his car and hit a deputy. suspect and deputy were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. two other men were arrested. >> checking our other top story. funeral services today for murder d.c. middle school principal brian betts. last night to hundreds of students and colleagues gathered at manassas funeral home to say goodbye to a person there is a motivated and inspired them. police are still searching for his killer. pittsburgh steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger will have six games suspension for violating the personal conduct policy. georgia prosecutors decided not to press charges after a college student accused him of sexually assaulting her at a nightclub last month. sarah palin and her husband are

expected to testify as we get a trial of a college student accused of attacking into her private e-mail account. prosecutors say david posted sarah palin's personal information as well as her daughter's cell phone number. bristol palin testified yesterday. >> today metro will unveil a new budget that close to their budget gap and calls for big fare hikes but few service cuts. examiner is reporting rail fares would go up significantly during peak hours. passengers traveling during the busy times will pay a 10 cent surcharge. bus fares and parking fees will also rise. metrorail would shut down at 2:00 a.m. instead of 3:00 on weekends. metro is working hard to make safety improvements during a hearing on capitol hill yesterday, the of transifederal

transit agency said it found major problems. mitchell is working to implement the audit's recommendations. >> fatal motorcycle crashes nationwide dropped 16% in the first nine months of last year compared with the year before. down by 38% in d.c., 26% in maryland, 13% in virginia. the highway safety association said the economic downturn likely resulted in less recreational driving. the va the promise of motor vehicles has recalled a license plate that appeared to have coded references to adolf hitler. it read -- , which is a reference to heil hitler. there's no word on who it belongs to. >> governments across the d.c. area spent millions of dollars

on recycling, but the money baby going to waste. they're all are aare laws. montgomery county's as it recycles 44% of its trash. 4 fax county -- fairfax county, 40%. >> ocean city is getting ready to start recycling in order to save a million dollars. time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> we will check with adam caskey at the new rain garden just across from our station. >> it is on hold right now. there will be a new high-rise put up where the old orleans house was. everybody knows the orleans house. that was torn down a year ago. it's been a vacant lot.

it's across from our television station at wilson. it's being turned into an urban oasis in the middle of roslyn, in this concrete jungle. it's an eco-friendly situation. they're making a rain garden. imagine a big hole in the concrete. that would be filled with dirt and native plants. it projects water quality by reducing the run off and the plants and micro organisms remove pollutants from the of saltwater. overall, it cuts down on pollution. it cuts down on and off by 30%. when you have a lot of concrete, there is excessive run off into the waterways. the potomac is just down the street. there is a dense fog advisory in effect until 10:00 a.m. for most of the region. mainly morgan county, west

virginia eastward, including winchester. all the way to the bay. visibility at a quarter mile or less. we will have sunshine later this morning. an isolated thunderstorm is possible this afternoon. constable, low 70's. this looks -- comfortable. >> other people for -- other things for people to enjoy. >> yes, benches. >> i wonder if it's going to be a non-smoking park. once the fog dissipates, we will have sunshine. a frontal system swings by later this afternoon, we could see a stray isolated storm. otherwise, a fair amount of sunshine once the fog burns off. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine on

friday. it's the end of the weekend that gets wet. saturday a few showers. by sunday, heavy showers and storms. lisa baden, what's going on? or back to doug and pamela. >> all right. you are welcome to sit with us because we are doing are talking segment. >> join us. >> have you been following the feud between the daily show and goldberg? daily show and fox news have always had a love-hate relationship. for now it's vitriol. >> if you want to be a funny man who talks to an audience that will laugh at anything you say, that's ok with me. but if you want to be a social commentator, and if you want to be a good one, you have to find some guts.

>> oh, i want to hear what john has to say. [laughter] >> i will tell you this, bernie goldberg! [laughter] >> ok, that is commentator burnie goldberger responding to a segment jon stewart did last week, accusing the network of hypocrisy. goldberger called jon stewart a jay leno wannabe. jon stewart got a gospel choir to curse him out and accused him talking more about politics than policy. red states, blue states, msnbc, fox. it is a war. >> lead of about baseball. this is amazing. this shortstop had a bases

loaded single. he goes right over the catcher's head. he is safe. with no training in gymnastics. but that perfectly executed move has made him a hit on youtube. maybe he should take up gymnastics after that move. >> that is so cool. you are not a rallowed to run around the bases, but i g aboutr the top of it. >> 50 degrees

>> most schools spend a lot of time getting kids to put away their cell phones. >> and prince george's county they're considering letting the children use them in class. if the school superintendent recently said they could be used as a learning tool. children to admit that they text during class. he feels allowing the cell phones and encourage students to pay attention. >> i don't see the connection. >> you would think it would be a huge distraction. >> a lot more to come in the second hour. >> coming up, a live report from temple hillel where police are investigating a deadly shooting outside a club. and a funeral is set for later

>> breaking news, a double shooting outside a club in prince george's county. a live report. good morning washington continues right now. >> live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> good morning. 6:00 on this